[Maypole] mod_perl configuration without <perl></perl> directives

[David R. Baird]

Try 

PerlRequire /path/to/startup.pl

then you can load your modules or add libraries in startup.pl

d.

On 28 Oct 2004 at 2:51, Austin Frank wrote:

> Hey all--
> 
> I'm excited to get going with Maypole.  I'm trying to get BeerDB
> running on an account I have with a hosting service.  They've
> installed all of the perl modules necessary to run Maypole using the
> bundle from CPAN (great addition, by the way).  My setup is described
> at the end of the mail.  I tried to make it as close to a stock
> installation as possible.
> 
> The problem I'm having is that mod_perl on my host was not configured
> with the option for <perl></perl> directives
> (http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/config.html#Enabling).  I can
> use SetHandler and PerlHandler in the .htaccess file for
> public_html/beerdb, but I cannot tell mod_perl to use
> cgi-bin/BeerDB.pm by using the
> <Perl>
>    use lib '/home/aufrank/cgi-bin';
> </Perl>
> suggested in all of the documentation.
> 
> Is there a way to load cgi-bin/BeerDB.pm without <perl></perl>
> directives?  Possibly PerlRequire or PerlModule?
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> /au
> 
> * BeerDB.pm is in cgi-bin:
> -bash-2.05b$ ls cgi-bin/
> BeerDB.pm
> 
> * Example files are in public_html/beerdb/:
> -bash-2.05b$ ls -r public_html/beerdb/*
> public_html/beerdb/maypole.css
> 
> public_html/beerdb/factory:
> view            pager           macros          frontpage       addnew
> title           navbar          list            footer
> search_form     maypole         header          edit
> 
> public_html/beerdb/custom:
> header          frontpage
> 
> public_html/beerdb/beer:
> addnew
> 
> * Apache configuration is in public_html/beerdb/.htaccess
> -bash-2.05b$ cat public_html/beerdb/.htaccess
> <Perl>
>    use lib '/home/aufrank/cgi-bin';
> </Perl>
> SetHandler perl-script
> PerlHandler /home/aufrank/cgi-bin/BeerDB
> 
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